title

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## Examples

This example uses the title property to display advisory text when the user hovers the mouse pointer over the text.

<SCRIPT>
function boldAdvise(src) {
    src.title="this is bold text";
    return;
    }
</SCRIPT>
:
<SPAN onmouseover="boldAdvise(this)">bold section</SPAN>

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Notes

Remarks

Windows Internet Explorer renders the title as a ToolTip when the user hovers the mouse over the object. Titles are limited to 512 total characters; this limit includes control characters, such as line feeds, carriage returns, and so on. In Windows CE, ToolTips do not appear when a user hovers the mouse pointer over objects. Renders the title as a ToolTip when the user hovers a mouse or finger over objects Titles are limited to 512 total characters; this limit includes control characters, such as line feeds, carriage returns, and so on.

Syntax

Standards information

Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 2.5.5
HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 7.4.3

Attributions

Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]